dump magic not updating - SpamAssassin

This is a discussion on dump magic not updating - SpamAssassin ; Hi Guys,
I just ran
sa-learn --spam --configpath=/etc/mail/spamassassin/ --showdots
/var/vmail/mydomain/myaccount/.NOT-HAM/cur/
and it reported the following.
Learned tokens from 290 message(s) (305 message(s) examined)
however, when I run 'sa-learn --dump magic' it reports exactly the same
numbers as before I ran ...